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No. 585,535. Patented June 29, 1897.

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EDXVARD REDMOND, OF PERRY, MICHIGAN.

TOOL FOR APPLYING BRACEeWIRES IN WIRE FENCES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 585,535, dated June 29,1897.

Application filed April 9, 1897, Serial No. 631,424. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD REDMOND, a citizen of the UnitedStates,residin g at Perry, in the county of Shiawassee and State ofMichigan, have invented a new and useful Fence-Machine, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to machines for applying stays or brace-wires tothe runners when. constructing and setting up a line of wire fencing,the tool being soconstructed that it can be readily shifted from onefencewire to the other to enable the stay-wires to be properly andexpeditiously applied and the fencing to be completed in less time thanis possible by the use of tools of this character as generally provided.

For a full understanding of the merits and advantages of the inventionreference is to be had to the accompanying drawings and the followingdescription.

The improvement is susceptible of various changes in the form,proportion, and the minor details of construction without departing fromthe principle or sacriiicing any of the advantages thereof, and to afull disclosure of the invention an adaptation thereof is shown in theaccompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a detail view in elevationof a portion of wire fencing, showing the application of the invention.Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the tool, showing the stock partiallyopen. Fig. 3 is a transverse section.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated in the several views of the drawings by thesame reference-characters.

The stock, body, or frame of the machine consists of a bar l, having anedge portion rabbeted and grooved or channeled at or near the inner endof the rabbet, and a plate 2, hinged or pivoted to the bar 1 and of asize corresponding to the rabbeted portion of the bar, so as to fitsnugly within the rabbet and come flush with the sides of the part l.plate 2 has a longitudinal groove or channel at its inner end which,unitedly with the groove or channel of thebar l, forms a passage 3 forthe reception of a runner or linewire 4 of Jthe fencing. The parts 4land 2 Ina-y be of wood or any other suitable material best adapted forthe purpose, and when closed are secured by means of a catch 5 ofdesired form. The passage 3 entends lengthwise of the stock or frame andis of a size to receive a runner or line-wire of ordinary gage, so as toadmit of the implement sliding and turning freely thereon.

The means for holding and twisting the stay or brace wire 6 about therunners or line-wires a are applied to one side of the stock or frameand consist of a base-plate 7, having lugs S and 9 at its ends, anintermediate block lO, longitudinally grooved in its outer side, atension-plate 11, having a rib 12 on its inner side to enter thechanneled or grooved side of the block 10, a bolt or threaded stud 13projecting from the block 10 and passing through an opening in thetension-plate 11, and a thu-mb nut 14, mounted upon `the threaded end ofthe bolt or stud 13, so as to lmove the tension-plate toward the block,

whereby the stay or brace wire 6 is gripped with greater or less force,according to the amount of tension required. The bolt or threaded stud13 ispierced at its inner end to admit of the stay or brace wire 6passing freely through it. The lugs 8 and 9 have openings for thepassage therethrough of the wire 6, and these openings are in line withthe channel or groove of the block 10. A tube or pipe 15 is secured tothe rear lug 9 and is of a length to receive the loose end of the wire6.

After the runners or line-wires i have been securedto the posts oruprights along the prescribed line of fence they are braced andstrengthened by the application thereto of the wire 6. These wires 6 areof required length and are applied to the fencing one at a time, eachbeing passed through the tube or pipe 15, the lugs 8 and 9, and thechantwisting the brace-Wire about the fence-Wire. After the requirednumber of twists have been made the stock or frame is removed andapplied to the next runner or line-Wire and the operation is repeated,the stock or frame being shifted each time the brace-Wire isI twistedaround a fence-Wire until the last Wire of the panel is reached, When arepetition of the operation Will apply thefsuccesforth.

- formed between them, and means for securing the plate when closed,substantially as set forth.

'2. In a machine orl hand-tool for applying stay or brace wires-'to therunners or -lineivires of Wire fencing, the combination of a stock;` orframe, lugs located a-t or near the ends of the stock and provided withopenings, and a tension device intermediate of the lugs, consisting of ablock channeled it'souter side,l a tension-platehaving a/rib to enterthe vcha-nnel of the said block, and means for moving the tension-platetoward the aforesaid block l to grip the Vbrace-Wire With greater orless.

force, substantially as set forth.

3. In a machine or hand-tool for applying brace or stay Wires to therunners or line-Wires of Wire fencing, the combination of a stock orframe, lugs at or near the ends of the stock and provided With openings,a tube or pipe applied to the rear lug, and a tension deviceintermediate of the lugs, substantially as set 4. A machine or hand-toolfor applying n stay-Wires to the runners in the construction a of Wirefencing, comprising a stock composed of a bar and a plate hingedtogether and havfing a longitudinal passage formed between them, andprovided With means for securing them when closed, a plateapplied to oneside of lthe stockan-d having lugs a-t its ends and a channeled blockintermedi''ate'of its ends,'a

tension-plate having 'a ii-b to enter the cha-m n-el of thel said block,a threaded stud and thumb-nut for advancing the tension-plate toward theblock to grip the stay-Wire "more or less firmly, and a tube or pipeapplied to the rear lng, substant'ially as shown for the y purpose setforth. A p K In testimony that yI claim the foregoing as my own I havehereto affixed my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

'EDWRD RM'ON'D.

Witnesses H. H. I-IAW'LEY, F. I-I. RUSH.

